Tool holder and heater.



J. O. MuUOY.

TOOL HOLDER AND HEATER.

APPLIOATION mum MAB-.19, 1912.

1,035,720. Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

JAMES O. MGCQ'Y, 0F MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

TOOL HOLDER AND HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 19, 1912.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

Serial no. 684,659.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Janus O. MCCOY, a citizenof the United States, residing at Manchester, in the county of Hillsbcroand State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tool Holders and Heaters, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to tool holders and heaters, andparticularly to a device comprising a tool holding receptacle adapted tobe attached to a gas or oil burner in which the knives used in themanufacture and repairing of patent leather articles may be placedduring the heating op eration.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of the characterdescribed which possesses extreme simplicity of construction and whichmay be very cheaply manufactured.

Another object is to provide a tool holder and heater which, whenapplied to a gas burner, may be freely rotated thereon so that thedevice may be swung into any position to permit workmen to gain easyaccess to their knives. By virtue of the particular constructionemployed, economy of heat is attained and burning or scorching of theknife handles is prevented.

The device primarily consists of a metallic receptacle open at its topand one end i and containing at said open end a tool rest, thereceptacle having a support for the metallic portions of the knives,said support further serving to prevent scorching of the knife handlesin the manner hereinafter described. Below said receptacle is disposed achamber, through which a gas burner tube passes and which provides therotating means possessed by the device.

For a full understanding of the present invention, reference is to behad to the following description and to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved tool holder andheater. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the device. Fig. 3is a top plan view of the device. Fig.

4 is an under plan view. Fig. 5 is an end View showing a portion of thetool rest broken away.

Throughout the following detail descrip tion and on the several figuresof the drawings, similar parts are referred to by like referencecharacters.

Referring now particularly to the drawmgs, 1 indicates a metallicreceptacle of sufficient width to receive several knives or thor tools,placed side by side, the receptacle having a side wall 2, bottom 3, and

being open at the top and at the front end. Extending across said frontend is a etallic strip 4 which serves as a tool support or rest and forthe purpose of preventing the handles of the tools from coming. incontact with the heated bottom portion 3 of the receptacle. The bottom 3is provided at a point near the rear of the receptacle with an opening 5having a diameter of sufficient width to rather closely engage the outerend of a gas burner of the ordinary construction.

Disposed below the receptacle 1 beneath the rear portion thereof is achamber 6, n'eferably c rcular in cross section, said chamber 6 having abottom wall '1 and its upper wall being common with the bottom 3 of thereceptacle. The bottom 7 is pro vided at about its central point with anopening 8 which. in practice, will be in vertical alinement with theopening 5 hereinbefore referred to. The opening 8 may be ofsubstantially the same diameter as that of the opening 5 or it may beformed slightly wider, its purpose being to engage the lower portion ofthe vertical tube of a gas burner.

The manner in which the device forming the present invention is ap liedto a gas burner is best illustrated in l ig. 2. When mounting the deviceon a burner, the chamher 6' is placed over a gas burner 10 so that theopening 8 will pass over the outer tip of the burner. The device is thenforced downwardly until the outer tip ll engages the edges of theopening 5 in the bottom 3 of the receptacle. The openings 5 and 8 arepreferably made so that sufficient play will be given to the parts toafford rotation of the entire device on the gas burner in any direction.The fact that the burner tip 11 engages the bottom 3 in the mannerdescribed, prevents any tilting forward or backward of the device andmaintains the same constantly in a level position.

Extending transversely across the receptacle 1, preferably the entirewidth thereof, is a wall 12, substantially parallel to the front toolsupport 4i, hereinbefore referred to. The wall 12 may be formed as anangle iron having a horizontal portion 13 adapted to be fastened to thebottom 3 of the receptacle. The wall 12 is provided with a plurality ofnotches 14 which, for the special purposes for which the presentinvention is designed, will be formed substantially V-shaped, in orderto conform to the shape of a blade.

Vhen the device is in use, the burner will be lighted at 11 and severalknives will be placed with their handles resting upon the support t andtheir metallic portions placed in the notches 14 of the wall 12, theedges of the knives being in substantially vertical alinement. By thismeans, heat will be communicated to the portions of the knives which itis desired to heat by the burner 10, such heated portions lying betweenthe wall 12 and the wall 2, as will be obvious. A further oflice of thechamber 6 in addition to that just described with relation to themountingof the deviceon the burner, consists in the fact that it servesas a heat storing chamber. The walls 3 and 2 of the receptacle 1 becomehighly heated during the operation of heating the knives and a largepart of this heat is conducted to the chamber 6, which is an airchamber. The heat so conducted will be stored up in this chamber to acertain extent and after the device has been in operation for a time,the gas flame may be turned down so as to economize in the use of thegas, the chamber 6,, after it has stored up heat in the mannerdescribed, serving to radiate this heat. The wall 12 serves to preventdirect radiation of heat from the gas flame to the handles of the knivesand prevents burning or scorching of the knife handles. This is effectedby the'fact that the lower part of the wall 12, that is, the portionbelow the notches 14, is solid, and deflects the heat rays in an upwarddirection and keeps the rays away from the knife handles.

The device hereinbefore described may be constructed entirely from sheetmetal and the parts secured together by ordinary rivets. It will be seenthat no part of the device entails complication of workmanship informingthe parts.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is:

l. A tool holder and heater consisting of a tool holding receptacle openat one end,

1 a tool rest at the open end of said receptacle,

a wall disposed across the bottom of the receptacle having means forengaging a tool, a portion of the bottom of the receptacle being adaptedto engage the upper end of a gas burner tube, and a wall disposed belowsaid bottom having a portion adapted to engage the gas burner at anotherpoint thereof, the engaging portion of said bottom and said burner tubeserving to maintain the entire device level.

2. A tool holder and heater consisting of a tool holding receptacle openat its top and at one end, a wall disposed across the open end of saidreceptacle, a second wall disposed across said receptacle substantiallyparallel to said first mentioned wall, said second wall being connectedto the bottom of the receptacle and having means for engaging a tool, aportion of the bottom of the receptacle being adapted to engage theupper end of a gas burner tube, a wall disposed below said bottom havinga portion adapted to engage the gas burn-er at another point thereof,the engaging portion of said bottom and said burner tube serving tomaintain the entire device level, and c011- necting means between saidbottom of the receptacle and said last named wall.

3. A tool holder and heater consisting of a tool holding receptacle openat one end, a tool rest at the open end of said receptacle, a walldisposed across the bottom of the receptacle having means for engaging atool, the bottom of the receptacle having an opening at a point betweensaid wall and its rear side, and a chamber disposed below said bottom,said chamber having a bottom wall provided with an opening insubstantially vertical alinement with said first named opening, thelatter being adapted to engage the outer end of a gas burner tube tomaintain the entire device level, the entire device being capable offree rotation on said burner tube.

4-. A tool holder and heater consisting of a tool holding receptacleopen at its top and at one end, a wall disposed across said open endserving as a tool rest, a second wall attached to the bottom of thereceptacle and extending across the same substantially parallel to saidfirst mentioned wall, said second wall being provided with a pluralityof notches to engage the edges of the tools laid thereon, the bottom ofthe receptacle .being provided with an opening'at a point between saidsecond named wall and its rear wall, said opening being adapted toengage the outer end of a gas burner tube, and a chamber disposed belowsaid receptacle, the

bottom wall of said chamber being provided with an opening at about itscenter in sub stantial alinement with said first named opening, saidsecond named opening being adapted to engage the gas burner tube atanother point thereof, the entire device being capable of free rotationon saidburner tube, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES O. MCCOY. Witnesses GUY C. PRIGKETT, FRANK X. LA FLAMME.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington. D. G.

